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AcuSolve Validation Manual
Collection of AcuSolve simulation cases for which results are compared against analytical or experimental results to demonstrate the accuracy of AcuSolve results.
Transitional Flow
This section includes validation cases containing conditions producing laminar to turbulent flow that are simulated with a turbulence transition model.

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AcuSolve Validation Manual
Collection of AcuSolve simulation cases for which results are compared against analytical or experimental results to demonstrate the accuracy of AcuSolve results.
- Turbulent Flow
  This section includes validation cases containing flow conditions that will cause turbulence to form, requiring that a turbulence model is used.
- Steady Flow
  This section includes validation cases that consider steady state flow simulations.
- Laminar Flow
  This section includes validation cases that do not require a turbulence model to be used.
- Internal Flow
  This section includes validation cases that consider wall bounded simulation domains with internally constrained fluid medium.
- External Flow
  This section includes validation cases that consider unbounded simulation domains where external flow is present over solid bodies, leading to free boundary layer development.
- Transitional Flow
  This section includes validation cases containing conditions producing laminar to turbulent flow that are simulated with a turbulence transition model.
  - Laminar to Turbulent Transition Over an Airfoil
    In this application, AcuSolve is used to solve for the flow field around a high lift airfoil with inflow conditions that lead to transitional flow on the pressure and suction side of the airfoil's surface. The moderate level of turbulence intensity at the inlet, low angle of attack and shape of the airfoil induce a transition to turbulent flow after a separation bubble develops on the surface. The coefficient of pressure is compared against experimental data from laboratory experiments.
- Transient Flow
  This section includes validation cases that consider time dependent flow simulations.
- Heat Transfer/Radiation
  This section includes validation cases that consider the temperature of the flow by simulating one or modes of heat transfer.
- Moving Mesh
  This section includes validation cases that consider time dependent motion within the domain, requiring that the mesh movement be modeled with a differential equation, a fully defined mesh motion or by interpolated mesh motion.
- Reference Frame
  This section includes validation cases that consider multiple reference frame simulations to model the effects of simplified rotational motion.
- Multiphase
  This section includes validation cases that consider the immiscible multiphase interaction of two fluids.
- Compressible
  This section includes validation cases that consider the compressibility of the fluid using a variable material model.
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Instructions to define additional solution quantities of AcuTrace called user equations.
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Transitional Flow

This section includes validation cases containing conditions producing laminar to turbulent flow that are simulated with a turbulence transition model.